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Books, authors and readers: a day at the Lisbon Book Fair
In Lisbon, June is about more than the popular saints’ festivities: it is also the month when Parque Eduardo VII turns into the country’s biggest bookshop. Ninety-six years after its first edition in 1930, the Book Fair still draws huge crowds. We went to find out why.
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Marjane Satrapi, French-Iranian author of 'Persepolis', dies aged 56
Marjane Satrapi became known worldwide for her critically acclaimed autobiographical graphic novel “Persepolis” - which she later directed as an animated feature. It premiered at Cannes in 2007 and was Oscar nominated.
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Sherlock Holmes Day: enthusiasts recreate iconic scene in Swiss Alps
Sherlock Holmes Day celebrations began earlier this month when members of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London traveled to Switzerland's Reichenbach Falls to reenact one of literature's most famous fictional death scenes.
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Yáng Shuāng-zǐ and Lin King win the International Booker Prize
The 2026 International Booker Prize has been won by Taiwanese writer Yáng Shuāng-zǐ and translator Lin King for "Taiwan Travelogue", a historical romance judges praised for succeeding as "both a romance and an incisive postcolonial novel."
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Pulitzer Prize winners 2026: Experimental war dramas and Trump chaos
Pulitzer Prize judges have awarded the fiction prize to Daniel Kraus for "Angel Down", a World War I narrative told in one long, continuous sentence. The prizes for journalism were dominated by coverage of the Trump administration.
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Top Russian publisher rejects accusations in 'LGBT extremism' probe
The Kremlin has for years been hardening repressive laws against the LGBTQ community as part of what President Vladimir Putin touts as a drive to promote 'traditional values', including cracking down on films, books, art and culture.
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Spanish archaeologists find Homer's Iliad poem in Egyptian tomb
A Spanish-Egyptian team have uncovered a fragment of Homer’s Iliad inside a mummy at Oxyrhynchus, revealing how ancient texts were reused in burial practices and shedding light on the spread of Greek literature in Roman Egypt.
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Le coup de Grasset: Exodus of authors and the collective response
Not wanting to drift with their publishing house after Olivier Nora's ouster, 170 authors have announced that they are leaving Grasset. Writer Oscar Coop-Phane reflects on his experience. Bookseller Gwilherm Perthuis denounces an ultra-concentrated publishing industry.
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Literary controversy: 115 authors exit French publishing house Grasset
More than a hundred writers have announced their departure from the Grasset publishing house following the announcement of the dismissal of its chairman Olivier Nora. They denounce an "ideological war"... Here's everything you need to know.